Railroad-ticket.



T. C. DAVISON. RAILROAD TICKET. APPLICATION FILED 313.23, 1901.

951,63??o Patented Mar-8,1910.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT onirica.,

NE'BASKA, -ASSIG'NOR 0F SIXTY-TWO AND ONE-HALF ONE-HUNDREDTHS TO ROBERT A. SMITH, F OMAHA, NEBRASKA.

RAILROAD-TICKET.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, TOM C. Davison, a citizen of the .United States of America, re-

siding at Omaha, in the county of Douglas,-v

in the State of Nebraska, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Railroad-Tickets, of whichythe following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention has for its object the provision of a railroad ticket comprising a plupons,

rality of coupons upon each of which the entire route of the ticket, over a plurality of different lines of road, may be unalterably indicated by punch marks, and which shall also preferably include one or more transfer coupons u on each of which the route of the ticket shal be likewise indicated by punch marks and fraudulent claims based upon unused transfer coupons be prevented. Also the provision of a ticket of such character that a single form of ticket may be made to covera vWide variety of lroutes between a given selling station or a plurality of selling vstations'upon an initial line O'f road and a plurality of'destination stations upon a terminal line of road, and upon which ticket the `destinationstation and' intermediate-route maybe unaltcrably indicated bypunch marks.` Andnally the Provision, with such ,a.ticket, of an extension coupon by means of which the ticket "may be extended "to read to any station upon any line of road connecting with the main terminal line which the given form of ticket is 'primarily` intended to reach. I accomplish these-results by means ,of a novel form of ticket, which I designate a multiplex coupon` ticket and a sample of. which is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in whicl1-..v

`Figure `lis a diagrammatic outlineA of aI ticket form composed of a contract and an -agent?s;st ub, and seven` intermediate `coui and also provided with an extensionl coupon at the end adjacent the` contract; Fig. 1a a view of the index printeduponthe fullsized view of the agents f stub andthe rst twor coupons; Fig. 3 asimilar view of the'next three coupons; -and Eig-:4f a 4similar view of the "nexttwo coumit as; .r1-f

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tinaton i Specication of Letters Patent. Patented, Mar. 8, `1910. Application led February 28, 1901. Serial No. 49,227.

pons, the contract, (the latter being broken away), and the extension coupon.

In the ticket form shown in the drawings each coupon (including the agents stub) is provided, primaril with the names of the initial and termina lines of road, the names of the princi al stations upon the terminal line, and wit the names of the various intermediate lines of road over which the ticket may be made to read when properly punched with thel ordinary Stromberg punch. These names 'are arranged in such relative positions upon the respective coupons that when the latter are folded upon Vone another-in reverse order, in the usual manner, the corresponding names upon the couponsl will register with each other and permit all of the coupons to be punched at once, to indicate upon each of them the despoint to which the ticket is sold, and the intermediate lines of read. Each coupon is' also provided with the nanfa of the junction points ofthe connecting lines of road between the initial and terminal lines, so that such junction `points may rbe likewise unalterably indicated upon each coupon by punch marks. Where a single form of ticket is supplied to all of the sellil ing stations upon the initial line of road l the ticket agent will stamp the name of the l selling station upon the face or back of the i agents stub and the'first coupon, andpref i erably upon the backs of the remaining coupons also, when' he issues the ticket; but v'liere a special vsupply of, tickets is furnished any large selling station yupon thc initiallinefas is often done, the name ot such sellingv station may. be stamped or l printed upon the face of the ticketin a space provided for that purpose.` A more ,specific explanation of my improved ticket may nowbe given, and a better understanding of it obtained, by refer enceto the particular ticket. form shown in the accompanying drawings, which is in- `between stations u on the Mountain d: Prairie R. R. (axlfictitious road) and' all et the stations upon the N. C. @a R. R., the latter being the mailty terminall line which `the ticket is intended to reach, but froml which theticket may be extended. to reach tended to cover all the regular selling routes i the ticket, and is therefolefprinted'rby itself arev printed itlV i i bottoln of the space reserved for the naines of the intermediate-lines of road, and is also vprinted upon each coupon las usua any station u on any connecting lineoi by' means o the extension coupon. .at--the uppenend .ofthe ticket, adjacent the con;

tract, as hereafter explained. Inatfheffticket shown in the drawing the-initial lineof road is assumed to have terminals' at Omaha,

Council Bluis, andtKa'nsas City so thatv these three names Lareprintedl in agroup upon each coupon,a`s.the .firstsetfo'f 4junction ints in` the" routes. intended to` covered y the ticket. lThe :neigty junction'"pointv is Chicago, -which "is assumed to be eommn'fto all' of the routes intended to becovered' by in the space reserved :for Junctionfpoints. This junction lpoint is assumedto bei-cached from Omaha and Council Bluffs and Kan` sas City by nine different line sf o f road,'and the names of such .nine roadsare therefore printed in a ro'upiin the space reserved :for

the names o the Various roads over which the ticket may bevmade to, read.- There "are,

assumed to besix different,.lines` `of"road leading` from Chicagox to Suspension Bridge* and Buffalo, at cachot-.which latter' points the N. Y. C. & H. R; R..has. aterrnin'al', so

The name of `the initial or issuinl-d and 1n the resent instance; alsogprintejd at the top" of t e s ace reserved for the namesjof the intel-me iate linesif-*road upon .each-coupon,

although thelatter is noty essential. The name of the terminal line is'1 alsoprinted upon each coupon, in the vpresent. instance atthe in the present instance"y printed rin vmore cons icuous form upon tliefageHts stub, 4Fig. 2.

' present instancel ach coupon'has alsov printed upon itin the i'nf a single `vertical row, V the names oftheprincip'al.-stationsfupon theV terminal line of road', but toienable' the ticket to be issuedI to reach tether vless important 4stations upon vthe terminal line a iblank space is leftin thelist of naines of the principal stations, in whiclrthey ticket agent' may Write the name of `any other' station-tol which it ma be desired to issue'the ticket.

. he ticket is also pro'videdavit coupons,

. stations, and provisionc is 'ma-'def for Vpreventing any fraudulent claim by the trans-v ,fr companies upon .coupons not actually us'ed at an iven junction point in the route over' lwhic t e ticket' is issued, as hereafter -leipvllalrined ist eticket illustrated in thehdrawings has been punched to readfrom ,a selling station & H.'R.'. R., via Council Bluffs, Chicago, ,and Buii'alo, and the initial :uid-terminal ilpoii the? ltlountain` to" Syri. New York, on the lineotI the N. Y. C.

lines dProad and the intermediate ,lines of f" the C. & N.,VV. and the L. S.'& M.A

To this end, 4Council Blus is indicated by the punch marks in the first group of unction points as being'the first junctionpoint in the route for'which the ticket is sold. lnasinuch as theljiinction points in .thetirst -group are all reached bythe initial line' `of froadtit is v notnecessary that" such line he .inT Adicated bvA punch marks. '-Tlief`C. & N..\V.` Ry.-is.indi cated by punchn'aarks in/the ii'nst group of roadsas th'eline of 1'oadbywl1ich Chicago to be reached from.l Council.

line of road by whichvit is tfbe reachedgfrom Chicago.. lThese punch marks and indicaf tions areidentical on" all `ot 'the coupons .and

the .ragents stub sothat each of 'said coupons.

and saidl stubf will unalterably indicate.,tlie destination lpoint to' which the iticketis sold 'Y Bluffs. Buffalo` isindicated as the next juno; l tion pol-nt,y and the L. S."&-'M.' SsRy. as "thel and the .intermediate lines of road-over.'

which it reads,-' and in connection Withthe name stampedy upon the'face or back of. the

' ticket I'will also. show from vlwhatypoint. the

` "stub, has infthe presentflnstance printed upon it thewords, Frorn station stamped oni-back' to Council Bluifs'jr Kansas City, and-as Council lBluffs isndicated by the 'the couponto-Council Blu s.

` The second cou o n l1n thev ticket `form is a :transfer coupon or use' at IKansas .City be-- tween' lines .of roadusing :different depots,

butas'the -ticket shown in .the drawings reads via .Council Bluifs instead of Kansas City'thisftransfer coupon will not be used,

'although itavillmecessarily'f be leftin the ticket as yissued and delivered to' the pur- 'f lcliase1.' They ticket. agentY can' either mark it ,void with apeu when he issues'the ticket, or leave itfunmarked, and in eitherevent the conductor who takes u coilpo'nhlo 1 will detach and take up .t isntransfer coupon with it, "or else,- ifleftfupon the ticket, it

will be takenup by the conductorwho takes. h-transferj-f i for use at Junction points betweeny connecting. lines, or roadtoce'upying. vkdifferent'` upcoup'on No.:3.

The third coupon has printed upon it the .words,`-,Council Bluffs' or. Kansas City to using different depots, and as the C. & N.

W. Ry. by which the passenger reaches Chi cago, and the L. S. & M. S. Ry. by which the-` passenger leaves Chicago', use different depots, this transfer will be left in the possession of the passenger when he reaches Y Chicago and used by him in paying for his transfer from one de ot to the other. Printed lupon the back o the ticket form, in the present instance u on the back of the contract, is an index 11st of the different depots at each of the junction points named on the ticket form, together with the names ofthe roads by which thedifferent depots are used, as shown in Fig. 1. By reference to this index the agent issuing the ticket, as well as the conductors who examine it, can readily determine whether -the various transfer coupons contained in the ticket form are required to be used by the passen er in the route over which the ticket rea s,. so that the ticket agent may cancel, or the conductor may take up, the coupons not required for use; and inasmuch as the route of the ticket is unalterably indicated by punch' marks in the transfer coupons, as

, well as in the other cou ons of the ticket,

'it follows that even i the ticket agent lshould fail to cancel and the conductor shouldl fail to, take up any coupons not required for the -passenge1"s use, and they should fall into the hands of the transfer companies and bepresented for ayment the fraud would be at once detecte Thus, in the case of the second coupon in the ticket shown in the drawings, which is a transfer coupon to be used 1n Kansas City, such cou on shows upon its face that the ticket rea svia Council Bluffs, so that it Would manifestly be impssible for the transfer companies tosecure payment for this coupon if it should come into ltheir possession.

`In the case of the fourth coupon, which is a transfer coupon for use in Chicago, a reference to the index on the back of the ticket will show the ticket agent or conductor that the C. & N. VW. Ry. line uses depot D fin Chicago, lwhile the L. S. & M. S. line uses depot E, so that this transfer coupon will be required bythe passen yer at Chicago, and it will accordingly be legt in his possession by the conductor who takes up coupon No. 3.

Coupon No. 5 has rinted upon it, i Chicago to Buffalo or uspension Bridge, as

-indicated by punch marks, and the punch marks in the coupon show that the coupon is good for passage from Chicago to Buffalo via the L. S. &` M. S. Ry.

Coupon No.6 is a transfer coupon for use lin Bufalo or SuspensionBridge,between lines using different depots, but a reference 7 to the index` on the back )of the ticket will show that1 the L. S. 8:. M. S. line and the N. C. & H. R. line use the same depot in Buffalo, so that thiscoupon will 'be taken up by the conductor who takes up the preceding coupon; or, should hevfail to do so fand it should fall into the hands of the transfer companies, the latter would not be able to collect for it.

The seventh coupon, immediately adjacent the bottom of lthe contract, bears the words, New York Cent. & Hudson Riv. R. R., Buffalo or Susp. Bridge to point between punch marks, while the punch marks in the coupon show that it is good for passage from Buffalo to Syracuse on the linel of said railroad. l

The contract portion of the ticket form, which is not shown in full in the drawings, may be of thel usual or any suitable character, and where .the extension coupon at the top of the contract is not used it will be. taken up by the conductor who takes up thc last coupon, as usual.

In issuing the above described ticket from a station on the Mountain-8L Prairie railroad to Syracuse upon the line of the N. Y. C & H. R. R., as described, the extension coupon at the upper end lof the contract will not be required for useand will be removed -from the ticket by the agent who issues the ticket. I have, however, shown this extension coupon in full in Fig. 4. for the purpose of illustrating and explaining the manner in which the ticket shown' in 'thedrawing would be'issued to reach a station on solne other line of road connecting with the N. Y. & H. R. R. In the present instance thls extension coupon bears the naine of the issuing road, the 11st of destina- 100 tion points on the main terminal line, the groups of names of `the lines of roads intermediate the initial and terminal lilies, and the groups of names of junction points-- all corresponding to the regular coupons 195 and agents stub of theticket. lt also has printed upon it the Words, This extension is good via from to and below the same the further words, From point between to destination indicated with pen -and ink above. ow, if instead of a ticket reading from the. selling station on the Mountain Sn lrairie R, R. to Syracuse.' New York,

'a ticket reading from said station to a 115 station on some line of road (.onnecting with the- N. Y. C. & H. R. R. at Syracuse had been-required, all of the coupons and the. agents stub would have been punched precisely as they were punched for the issue 120 of the ticket to Syracuse, and the extension coupon 'would have been punched in like manner, and the blank spaces provided upon the extensioncouponv would have been filled in with the name of such connecting 1.25 road, the name of the destination point on the main terminal line indicated by the punch marks, and the name of the final destination point upon the connecting liuc. Thus, if'the ticket had been issued to read 13C unch marks via route and i f. to lVute-rtoiyn, New York, on tlie' line 'of v.theticket` so 'as to read to .Massachusetts on the B. & A.

the R. NV. '& R. R., said blank spaces iizonld, huvebeen filled in so :is to* read, with tliemfziccoinpaiiying printed ,inzitten This eXteii-sionf coupon good yviii R. lV. & 0., R. R. froinSyrucuse to lVstmtoWn,v :is

shownin Fig.l h x 4 Y.

If a ticket readingto Sonie point on a line yotroad connecting Withitlie'll. Y. C; & H.'.R., R. et Albany were required, Albz'iny would be indicated punch marks on all, of. the coupons and the :igents stub in the ,list'of stations yon the line-of the Nn Y. C. &

of the c'oupns-und'the agents stuby being otherwise' .punchedfprecisely s lin the ,issue of the, ticketto Syracuse or to a station o n u line of 4rondcoiinectin'g with the-N Y.V'C.fl&` H. R. R. at Syrucuse') and the, extension ,coupon b'efille-d out with the naine ofthecounecting r'od end'fi-nnl dest-ination. stationfth'ereon. Thus, in issuing bany (instead offSyrzicuse) would be indicated `by purichV marks in thelistof stations f the extensionfcoupon filled invson as vto read,

This,extension` coupon good via B. & A.`

`. R, RpfromV Albanyto' Springfield.

lEachfof the .regular coupons of the' ticket and the zigents v,stub is provided' 'with a" I blank space .to .be filled in with'the'name of the connecting roadand the' final destination ,pointV-inevent the extension couponfis used,

and hasprinted upon, it in the present in-A stance thc-,.woid's, Iflextensio'n coupon at ther top ofthe-contract is used, fill in 4routel and ldestination below; anda-lso rthe words, ;If Ext, ticket not. used "inscrtlpunchf here X,. as shown 4in the drawings. In *isi f suing Itlie'ticket to Syracuse as the finel desi' tination` point, [as hereinbefore described,

Y-eachLcoiiponnnd theagentfs stub would be- '.punched with rthe L-punch at the point indi` cted/foi-tliat purpose, bu-trif theexten'sion couponvfwereemployed. andthe ticket issued to,` read, to Watertown, or to Springfield, the blankspaces on each coupon' and the agents i stub lWouldnbe filled in with a read, Via RfVV. & O, R. R. to

regular coupons and the agents stub it will sellingstation to have been stamped upon its bi'ick)the starting `and destination stations i i 'f and the entire route of the ticket, so that the -fso in this lcoupon a complete'` record of the accounting officers of the final 7rond will beve ticket.; and inasmuch as the junction point at' which the final road connects with the main terminal line of the'ticket is unalterably indicated by punch marks in the list of diste connecting lines of r'oa' 'Slpringfielch en so as to"y atertown v orVia B. & A. R. to Springfield, as ith'e'caseniight be.

" v'I1`iasmuch as the extension coupon is 'punched in precisely the same manner as the itself exhibit (assuming the name of the suisses., p

stations on the main terminal line it is not possible to change theV 'extension coupon in such a Way :is to make it read froml any other station upon such connecting line.

The extensioii'coiipon has printed upon ity the saine form number als the other coupons and `the agents stub.y ,so that it cannot be used in .connection with any other ticket,

the forni number preferably having the nb-v any inte'rmea given .terminal line, but to ainy station uponl any Vand fail lines of road connecting with said termina-l line; and in the former tion .point are' unalterab'ly indicated entirely with punch marks, and vno writing whateverv required, ,While in' the 'latter instance the eritire rout'e .of vthe ticket, Awith the 'exception of the final connecting line, is likewise unalter- .gbly indicted by the' punch marks, vund' the onlywi-iting required is the insertion of the name of such connecting line andthe name of the final. destin-ation station thereon.-

- Ilfit be; desired to provide a ticket form of -the character above described lwhich shall Ireach the-stations upon any 'one' of afplurality -ofterxninal lines, instead of the stavtioi'i's.vv np'ona single terminal, line as illusE iii-stance' the' route of the* ticket and destina* trated, and 'Whichin connection with the extension cou-pon csnl be, madeto'j reachany' `station upon any line of rond connectin with any one of said plurality of t'erirnlnu lines, theifcuupo'i'rs will beI sufiieientlyy en larged to" receiifefthe' additional lists of stations upon the additional terminal lines, the

lform of' the ticket and the man-ner of issuing' it.. remaining otherwise the same, as will be readily understood. U

.Having thus fully' described my i'nven tion,- I clsiim- A 1. A railroad ticket form composed of a plurality of railway-passage coupons and one ormore intermediate transfer cifipo'ns,

each and all of said coupons being" provided with thename ,of the issuing road and a list of stations on a given terminal line and 'a phirality of oups of names of intermediate connecting lines, and Junction 'nt'.s, -Whereby the ticketl may be issued passagefroin a station on the initial line to a Stationenthe1 terminal line by any one of- 'a plurality of routes each made up o f any one ofthe terminal junction j ns1-,esa 5 a plurality of different-lines of road, and a coupon exhibiting the complete route of the ticket be provided for each line of roady and for transfers at said junction points;

.substantially as described. .i

2. A railroad ticket form Acomposed ofa v plurality of'railway-passage coupons and one or more intermediate transfer coupons, each and all of said coupons being provided' with the 'name ofthe issuing road and a list of stations on a given terminal line and a plurality of gru s of names of intermediate lines of road an' junction oints, and said ticket forni havingy printe upon its back an index designating the diierent stations or depots at the several junction points, and the particular llines of road using the respective depots; 'substantially as escribed.

3. A railroadtficket form comprising a plurality of toupons each of which is provided with the name of the issuing line and lists of the terminal and intermediate junc` tion points and intermediate connecting lines, and a supplemental extension coupon having means for' indicating the name of a terminal line diverging or leading from oints and also for indicating the name o the nal destination or station upon said diverging line; substantially as described.

4. A railroad ticket form comprising a plurality of coupons eapli of which is rovidcd with lists of different lines over w ich the journey may be taken and with a list of stations upon a given main terminal line,

. and a supplemental extension coupon having means for indicating the Aname of a line diverging or leading yfrom any one of said stations upon the main terminal line and for indicating the name of thefinal destination or station upon said diverging line; substantially as described.

5. A railroad ticket form comprising a contract and a plurality of coupons by which f the ticket may beissued to any one of a plurality ofstations upon apgiven terminal line7 and a supplemental extension coupon bearing the names of the stations upon such terminal line and provided with appropri- -ately designated spaces for the reception of the name of any road connecting with said terminal line and the name of any station upon said connecting road, whereby the ticket may be extended to read to any station upon any such connecting line of road; substantially as described. 1 y

6. A railroad ticket form comprising a contract and a plurality of coupons by which the ticket may be issued to any one of aplurality of terminal points, and a supplemental extension coupon provided with the names of such terminal points and with appropriately' designated spaces for the reception of the name of any line of road leading from such terminiil, points and the name of tion upon any line of road leading from such terminal points; Asubstantially as described.4

7. A railroad ticket form comprising a contract and a plurality of coupons by which of a plurality of terminal points over a plu-` rality of lines of road, and a sup lemental extension cou on provided with t e names of such terminal points and the names of theintermediate connecting lines, and with appropriately designated spaces for the re-` ception of the name of any line of road leading from such terminal points and the name of any station upon such connecting line, whereby the ticket may be extended to read to a station upon any line of road leading from such terminal points.

8. A -railroad ticket form comprising a contract and a pluralityr of coupons by which the ticket may be issued over a plurality of lines of road to any one of a plurality of stations upon a given terminal line,` and a with the names of the stations upon said terminal line and the names of the intermediate connecting lines, and with appropriately designated spacesA for the reception of the name of.any line of road connecting with said terminal line and the name of any station upon said connecting line, whereby the ticket m-ay be extended to read to any station upon an road; substantia ly as described.

contract and a plurality of coupons by which the ticket may be issued to any one of a lurality of stations upon a given terminal ine, and a supplemental extension coupon provided with the names of the stations upon the terminal line and the names of the intermediate connecting lines between the initial and terminal lines, and with appropriately designated spaces for the reception of the name of any line of road connecting with said terminal line and the name of any station' upon said connecting line, whereby the ticket maybe extended to read to any staextension coupon made to exhibit the entire route of the ticket from the'initial line to thel final destination station on said connecting line; substantially as described.

l0. A railroad ticket form comprising a the ticket may be issued to any one of a plurality of stations upon a given terminal line of road, and a supplemental extension couponv bearing the names of the stations upon the terminal line and a plurality of groups of names of connecting lines of road f between 'the initial and terminal lines, -and l a plurality of junction ptints'betwcen such an station v'upon Suchline, whereby thev 4tic et may be extended toread to any star such connecting line of 9. Arailroad ticket form comprising a.

tion upon any such connecting line andthe.

the ticket may beissued to read to any one supplemental extension coupon provided contract and a plurality of coupons by whichV i lines, and provided with appropriately designated spaces to receive the name of any line of road connecting with saidterminal line and the name of any station upon'sucli x.

connecting line; substantially as described'.l

Il: Arailr'oad ticket formucornposed of a A,contract `vand avplurality ofm regularncoupon's i' 1and ais pleinentalxextension `foq 'upon`,leach` and allv o' said coupons havingprited 'there-i A10I on the name of the issuing l1ne andra'hst of;v

'-stations upon'a giventerfrninal lineand a Hplura'litysof names; of lines ofl road l'lnterf `I 1 mediate thenntlal and terminal lines, and# f the 'extension couponn 'beingwalso pi'ovidedji 'Ina'. with appropriately .designated ,.lspces'to re' 'ilhx y ,A

p any. station "upon, Such.: Connecting line,A

,fl tbe extensionfcoupon Willexllibittlie route cie-ive the` name of` any line of yljoa connecte? 'ingfwith s 'aid terminal line and-,thenaine yoiif "iyhereby Ithe ticketA maybe .issuedbso that l i l0', efa'ohand allof said.conpons'avillexhibit ther'o'ute'of the tioketfrom the, initial line to ai I given station' upon thex terminal lineiwhile minal line'to the final destination station upon the connecting line; substantially as described. j j

12. A railroad ticket form comprising a ofthe ticket from vsuch station upon the terplurality of passa e cou ns 'each of which -1s provided. with istso different lines for Vthe journe: ar`ldl ,vvith a list of stations upon ,a terminalllne or lines; 'and Aa supplemental onexte'nsion coupon havin'gvme'ans for indi-I cating the name of'a linedive'rging orleading-'from any. one," of 'said stations 'upon the terminal linezandfor.indicating the name o-theffinall destinationfor station 'upon said divergingg line, said passage coupons being also providedj with-indicating means similail "to `rthatQXL111erSupplemental copon' for so @extending .tlretiokety'substantially as de- 

